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OscAE EEGKLTN, OE SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ASSTGNOE To BEOKLIN MEG. co., on` SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, A CORPORATION or WASHINGTON.

GAME.

Applicaton'led February 20, 1922. Serial No. 537,739.

To all whomz't may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR BEoKLTN, a subject of the King of Sweden, and resident Vof the citypof Seattle, in the county of 5 King and State of lVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Games, of which the following is a specication. .Y

My invention relates to games and comprises apparatus whereby certain possible Y plays are selected by chance, thereby to control the movement of markers or pegs and j consequently to aect the scoring or' the game.

made up as a baseball game, and the mark ers are moved to correspond to movements of baseball players under the circumstances indicated, but it is not necessarily restricted to baseball. Its principles may be applied to many games which have a seriesot possible plays, the plays alecting the vpositioning of the players or the -scoring of Vthe gaine.

An object of my invention is to produce a sim le and compact game of the character .descri ed. Y

A further object is to provide such a game in which the selected play isv certainly and easily indicated.

A further object is the provision of a game apparatus for playing such games which is cheap to make and easy to operate, and further, one which can be taken down for storage or shipment.

A further object is the provision of game apparatus for games of the character described and which employ a round projectile in'which provision is made .t'or returning the projectile to thestarting point.

My invention comprises those novel parts and combinations thereof which are shown in the accompanying drawings, described in the specification and defined by the claims terminating the same.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown my invention arranged `for playing a gaine of baseball and in a form which is now preferred by me. A

Figure `1 is a transverse section through the baseboard andl guide illustrating the rotating disk in elevation. y

in@ board.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section through my vgame apparatus.

Figure Sis a perspective lView of the scor- Ihe essential features of my gainel con-l sist of a rotatable member, as the diskl, a

iXedv guide 2 terminating at one end aclerably elevated abovel and supported from] the baseboard 4. They pivot support 11 is preferably removable from the `baseboard 4 In its present embodiment the game Vis and to this end I securel in it a dowel pin.. 12 which is receivable in a socket 41 in the, baseboard or in a rail 20 secured thereon.

The trough 2 is formed in the upperA edge ofthe rail 20 andis preferably Vsloped down-y wardaway from the disk 1. The disk 1 is provided with a series of apertures 15, each aperture being provided withindications of a possible play. For playing baseball these apertures will indicate Outs, balls, one, two and three-base hits, home-runs and the like.A They are angularly spaced and preferably equidistant from the center of rotation 10. Each is provided with a suitable closure plug, such as the'corks 16. If desired the corks themselves might bear the indications of possible plays .instead of the disk itself.

l In the board at the lower end of the trough 2, if this be slanted, being that-end distant from the disk 1, I provide a plunger 5 which is projected towards the disk by means of a suitable spring 53, and which has a handle 52 acting as a Stop. The upper end of the trough 2 is aligned with Vthe path lot movement of the apertures 15 and lies closely adjacent thereto. The pivot support 11 should be vspaced back of the disk l sutliciently to permit the plugs 16 to bereinoved from theirv apertures 15 before they strike the pivot support.

vPlay is begun by placing a ball 3 in the trough 2, by then spinning the disk 1, and by drawing back and releasing the plunger 5. The ball 3 travels to the uppera end of the trough and strikes eitherv theA disk 1 between the apertures 15 or the plug 16 in some one aperture. If the ball strikes the disk itself there is no Visible result and this may be taken arbitrarily as a strike or other common play. If Vthe Toall strikes a plug 165 however, this will be knocked troni its aperture and upon stopping the rotation of the disk the character of the play thus indicated can. be determined. By providing a small board, @having indications thereon of the Various bases of a baseball diamond, and by employingA pegs 6l to represent base runners and batsmen, it is possible to keep track of the various pla-ys moves occasioned thereby.

Preferably the baseboard 4 which .sur-

rounds the trough 2 and the pivot support ll'` isfsloped toward that .end whichcarries the plunger 5 so that balls which have been projected-toward the disk l are automatically returned tontheir starting point. A wall 2Q preyentsloss off the halla By slant-ing the trough 2in the-same direction it isf assured that the ballwirllznot aceidentallaT roll lorF War-rd. and also. that. -it will: followV the retracted plunger to. secure. the tull eliect-oic its release.. Y

.The prin fples of this game may be afp-Y plied to other games, zas,Y for instance, lfoot-l ball; AInstead of indicating possible plays in baseball the various possible pla-ys in football may -be indicated upon the disk l and the position of .the players may be varied upon a field laid out to represent a football field instead of the baseball diamond employed upon the field 6.

What l claim as` my inventionis: l. A- gameapparatus including a rotatable target having thereon play controlling Y indicia, a trough inclined upward towards said target Vand terminating adjacent the indicia carried by the same, means for projecting a projectile up the trough from its lower end, and a ball of greater diameter than the space between the trough and target projectile along the trough by said projecting meanspand` adapted by gravity to remain at the lower end-of the trough.

2. In a game, the combination of a rotatable disk carrying controlling indicial spaced -thereaboutand alternatin-gwith bla-nk spaces, a guide having one end terminating Signed at Seattle, King County, Wash ington,this 13th d-ay of `February 1922".

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